Stratton House, SwedesboroArchived 2013-08-25 at archive.today, Stockton University Art & Architecture of New Jersey. Accessed August 25, 2013. "Located in Swedesboro, New Jersey, Stratton House (also known as Stratton Hall) was built in 1794 by its original owner Dr. James Stratton, M.D.... Charles C. Stratton, a graduate of Rutgers College, a member of the State General Assembly, a Congressman from 1837-1839 and 1841-1843, and New Jersey Governor from 1845-1848, called Stratton Hall home until his death on March 30, 1859."
Bedingfield, Gary. Earl Rapp, Baseball in Wartime, August 24, 2007. Accessed October 11, 2015. "Earl W. Rapp was born on May 20, 1921, in Corunna, Michigan, about 90 miles northwest of Detroit. At a young age his family moved to Swedesboro, New Jersey, where he lettered at high school in baseball, basketball, football and track."
Batterson, Hermon Griswold. A Sketch-book of the American Episcopate, p. 223. Lippincott, 1891. Accessed October 11, 2015. "The Right Reverend Joseph Pere Bell Wilmer, D.D. The second Bishop of Louisiana, was born in Swedesborough, New Jersey, on the 11th day of February, A.D. 1812."
Stratton House, SwedesboroArchived 2013-08-25 at archive.today, Stockton University Art & Architecture of New Jersey. Accessed August 25, 2013. "Located in Swedesboro, New Jersey, Stratton House (also known as Stratton Hall) was built in 1794 by its original owner Dr. James Stratton, M.D.... Charles C. Stratton, a graduate of Rutgers College, a member of the State General Assembly, a Congressman from 1837-1839 and 1841-1843, and New Jersey Governor from 1845-1848, called Stratton Hall home until his death on March 30, 1859."
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Contact Information, Guardian Angels Regional School. Accessed February 22, 2023.
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Admissions, Gloucester County Institute of Technology. Accessed November 7, 2019. "There is no charge to attend. GCIT is a public school.... GCIT is the vocational-technical school for Gloucester County residents. You must live in Gloucester County to apply and attend."
Borough Council, Borough of Swedesboro. Accessed July 9, 2022. "Swedesboro’s Borough Council is made up of seven elected members: one mayor serving a four year term, and six council members serving staggered three-year terms. Only two Council seats are elected each year. Swedesboro follows the weak mayor model, where the mayor only votes in the event of a tie council vote."
Borough Clerk, Borough of Swedesboro. Accessed March 31, 2023.
Borough History, Borough of Swedesboro. Accessed November 10, 2019. "This Southern New Jersey town was settled by a small group of Swedes and Finns in the mid-1600s. Mostly, hunters and fishermen, the settlers began farming the area, rich with wood supply and fertile soil, and befriended the Native Leni Lenape as they expanded into New Jersey creeks."
Student Enrollment, Kingsway Regional School District. Accessed March 9, 2020. "Kingsway Regional is comprised of the Borough of Swedesboro and the Townships of South Harrison, East Greenwich and Woolwich. Though not part of the District, students from Logan Township attend Kingsway Regional High School through a send/receive relationship as paid tuition students.... Percent of students coming from each resident district is as follows: East Greenwich Twp. – 32%, Woolwich Twp. – 33%, South Harrison Twp. – 13%, Swedesboro – 10%, Logan Twp. (High School Only) – 11%"
Roncace, Kelly. "What's in a Name? Raccoon Creek", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, May 14, 2012. Accessed February 27, 2023. "One stream that drew the people to it is called Raccoon Creek. The 22.6-mile-long tributary of the Delaware River lies west of Glassboro and flows through Mullica Hill and Swedesboro and eventually empties into the Delaware River just south of the Commodore Barry Bridge.... The word Narraticon means Raccoon, which is where the creek got its name.... One of the first villages was settled around 1641 and was originally called Raccoon."
Forand, Rebecca. "Kingsway districts may see change", Gloucester County Times, April 7, 2011. Accessed December 9, 2014. "A study is being planned to evaluate the fiscal feasibility of the regionalization of the school districts associated with the Kingsway Regional district, and the impact of continuing or severing the current relationship the district has with Logan Township. Woolwich township, Swedesboro, East Greenwich Township and South Harrison Township all currently feed their elementary students to the Kingsway Regional district for middle and high school, with Logan Township sending students to the high school on a tuition basis. The study will address the fiscal feasibility of regionalizing Kingsway, East Greenwich, South Harrison and Swedesboro-Woolwich."
Kingsway Regional School District 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 9, 2020. "Kingsway is situated in a predominately rural/suburban area, with more than 20,000 people residing within its 52 square mile border. The District includes the Borough of Swedesboro and the Townships of South Harrison, East Greenwich, and Woolwich. Though not part of the District, students from Logan Township attend Kingsway High School through a send/receive relationship as paid tuition students."
Burns, John F."Town Prepares For a Royal Visit; Swedesboro Is Preparing For a Royal Visit on April 8", The New York Times, February 29, 1976. Accessed July 29, 2013. "Communications enthusiasts that they are, the young Landwehrs are evidently not tuned in to the talk of Swedesboro, which is alive these days with discussion of the forthcoming visit of Carl XVI Gustaf, the 29-year-old bachelor who is King of Sweden.... Known to its founders as Raccoon, Swedesboro had its beginnings in a cluster of log cabins that the first Swedish settlers in America built only 20 years after the first Pilgrims arrived at Plymouth Rock."
Swedesboro-Woolwich Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Swedesboro-Woolwich School District. Accessed March 21, 2022. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Pre-Kindergarten through six in the Swedesboro-Woolwich School District. Composition: The Swedesboro-Woolwich School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of the Borough of Swedesboro and the Township of Woolwich."
Walter H. Hill School, Swedesboro-Woolwich School District. Accessed March 21, 2022.
School Locations, Swedesboro-Woolwich School District. Accessed March 21, 2022.
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"10 of the most Swedish places in the US", The Local, March 6, 2018. Accessed November 10, 2019. "Swedesboro (New Jersey): Settled back when Sweden was still considered something of a European power in the 1600s, this long-standing New Jersey town features an ode to Swedish construction in C. A. Nothnagle Log House, which is one of the oldest wooden structure in the Americas."
Ramspacher, Andrew. "As His Dad Fights Cancer, This UVA Student Nears Completion Of Their NASCAR Dream", UVA Today, July 6, 2022. Accessed July 9, 2022. "Stephen J. Mallozzi, the active, optimistic and talkative son of Stephen A. Mallozzi, was holed up in his bedroom, feeling down and not saying a whole lot. It was January 2021 and 'S.J.,' as he’s better known in the Mallozzis' Swedesboro, New Jersey, home, was a few days removed from his 20th birthday and a week shy of returning to Charlottesville to begin the spring semester of his second year at the University of Virginia."
